The Philippines participated at the 19th Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 11 to 19 October 1997.
SEA Games performance The Philippines slipped from third place to fourth slot. Philippine officials had earlier predicted a third-place finish before the Games. The Philippines sent an 800-member delegation, the country's biggest SEA Games contingent ever. The Philippines surpassed their 33-gold mark in 1995 with a harvest of 43 golds, with 56 silvers and 108 bronzes.
Young gymnast Pia Adele Reyes was the only three-gold medal winner, winning individual titles in floor exercise and balance beam besides sharing the artistic team gold. She also bagged silver honors.
Elma Muros-Posadas ruled the heptathlon in a new SEA Games mark of 5,269 points. She captured her unprecedented seventh long jump title by clearing 6.45 meters. Swimmer Ryan Papa was the next best individual performer, winning two golds and three silvers.
The games that won golds for the country were Wushu, Fencing, Taekwondo, Golf and Archery. As expected, the Philippines won the gold in men's basketball.
Medalists
Gold No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Philippines Archery Men's team recurve2 Philippines Archery Women's team recurve3 Elma Muros-Posadas Athletics Women's Heptathlon4 Philippines Basketball Men's team5 Victor Arpilleda Billiards Men's 15-Ball Rotation6 Richard de Guzman Fencing -7 Pia Adele Reyes Gymnastics -8 John Baylon Judo Men's 76kg9 Carolino Gonzales Shooting Men's 50m Free Pistol10 Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 100m backstroke11 Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 200m backstroke12 Roberto Cruz Taekwondo Men's Pinweight13 Alesandro Lubiano Taekwondo Men's Middleweight14 Alvin Taraya Taekwondo Men's welterweight15 Nelia Sy Taekwondo Women's Lightweight16 Melchor Tumasis Wrestling Men's 58kg17 Bobby Co Wushu Men's taijiquan18 Stephanie Lim Wushu Women's jianshu19Stephanie Lim WushuWomen's qiangshu20 Alfonso Que Wushu Men's jianshu21Alfonso Que WushuMen's qiangshu22Jerome Lumabas WushuMen's sanshou 70kg
Silver No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 50m freestyle2 Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 100m freestyle3 Raymond Papa Swimming Men's 200m freestyle4 Kathy Echiverri Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke5 Joseph Lizardo Tennis Men's singles
Bronze No.MedalNameSportEvent1 Christian Cubilla Archery Men's individual recurve2 Amparo LimKennie Asuncion Badminton Women's doubles3 Kathy Echiverri Swimming Women's 50m freestyle4 Kathy Echiverri Swimming Women's 100m backstroke5 Robert AngeloBryan JuinioJoseph LizardoMichael John Misa Tennis Men's team6 Jennifer SaretPamela FloroMaricris FernandezMarisue Jacutin Tennis Women's team7 Philippines Water Polo Men's team8 Ramon Solis Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting
Multiple NameSportTotal Raymond Papa Swimming 2 3 0 5Alfonso QueWushu 2 0 0 2Stephanie LimWushu 2 0 0 2 Kathy Echiverri Swimming 0 1 2 3 Joseph Lizardo Tennis 0 1 1 2
Medal summary
By sports
References
External links http://www.olympic.ph